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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PE'AN , n. Among the ancients, a song of rejoicing in honor of Apollo; hence, a song of triumph.
1. In ancient poetry, a foot of four syllables; written also paeon. Of this there are four kinds; the first consisting of one long and three short syllables, or a trochee and a pyrrhic, as temporibus; the second of a short syllable, a long and two short, or an iambus and a pyrrhic, as potentia; the third of two short syllables, a long and a short one, or a phrrhic and a trochee, as animatus; the fourth of three short syllables and along one, or a pyrrhic and iambus, as celeritus.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity) [syn: paean, pean]
2: a formal expression of praise [syn: encomium, eulogy, panegyric, paean, pean]

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. Heraldry fur represented as sable spotted with or. Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn. 2. US var. of PAEAN.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Paean P[ae]"an (p[=e]`an), n. [L. paean, Gr. paia`n, fr. Paia`n the physician of the gods, later, Apollo. Cf. P[ae]on, Peony.] [Written also pean.] 1. An ancient Greek hymn in honor of Apollo as a healing deity, and, later, a song addressed to other deities. 2. Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph. --Dryden. ``Public p[ae]ans of congratulation.'' --De Quincey. 3. See P[ae]on.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pean Pean, n. [OF. pene, F. panne.] (Her.) One of the furs, the ground being sable, and the spots or tufts or.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pean Pe"an, n. A song of praise and triumph. See P[ae]an.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. See paean.